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Children, Charity and Magazines
Read more: Children, Charity and MagazinesA Q&A with the author of Philanthropy in Children’s Periodicals, 1840–1930: The Charitable Child.
Chrystal Macmillan: champion for women’s equality, peace and justice
Meet a key figure of the women's movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
EUP75: Our Publishing in Law
Discover the story of Law at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future
“A floating charge” – A Conversation with Jonny Hardman and Alisdair MacPherson
by Jonathan Hardman and Alisdair MacPherson This Q&A with Jonny Hardman and Alisdair MacPherson introduces their new edited collection for EUP series Edinburgh Studies in Law: Floating Charges in Scotland: New Perspectives and Current Issues. **Throughout the blog, Dr Alisdair MacPherson…
Hector MacQueen on David Sellar’s Essays (Part 3)
by Hector L. MacQueen Missed Part 1 and 2? Read it here first! Part 1Part 2 Each of the chapters after the first is an in-depth study of its topic which at the same time, and in David’s characteristically fluent…
Hector MacQueen on David Sellar’s Essays (Part 2)
by Hector L. MacQueen Missed Part 1? Read it here first! Another starting point on which David made common ground with Cooper was the importance for Scotland of the development of the law of the western Church – Canon law…
Hector MacQueen on David Sellar’s Essays (Part 1)
by Hector L. MacQueen David Sellar (1941-2019) was a pioneering historian of Scots law who convincingly and conclusively rejected previous interpretations of the subject as a series of false starts and rejected experiments. Instead, he emphasised the continuity of legal…
Covenants and Covenanting
By Neil McIntyre This month, The Scottish Historical Review publishes the first of a series of special issues that tackle key themes in Scottish History. ‘Covenants and Covenanting’ will showcase the latest research on the origins, impact and legacies of…
Scottish Affairs Special Issue on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Whose interests does an ACEs agenda for Scotland actually serve?
By Ariane Critchley, Emma Davidson, Laura H.V. Wright The guest editors of the November 2020 edition of Scottish Affairs share their thoughts on why Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have galvanized so much attention in Scotland. They ask the question, in…
Common Good: The curious case of Princes Street Gardens
Andrew Ferguson discusses Common Good Law and the curious case of Princes Street Gardens